Q. Consider the following statements:
1.The world’s largest dam is located in China.
2.Namcha Barwa is located in the Karakoram Range.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Explanations –
Statement 1 is correct. The Three Gorges Dam, located on the Yangtze River in Hubei province, China, is the world’s largest hydroelectric facility in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW) and is widely recognized as a major engineering feat. While other dams like Kariba (Zambia-Zimbabwe) are larger in terms of reservoir capacity, the Three Gorges Dam holds the title for power generation.
Statement 2 is incorrect. Namcha Barwa is located in southeastern Tibet and marks the easternmost point of the Himalayas. It lies near the “Great Bend” of the Yarlung Zangbo River (Brahmaputra) as it enters Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Source: The Hindu
